Re: Guest User Account

From: Pat (plaman@neo.rr.com)
Date: 12/31/02 

From: "Pat" <plaman@neo.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:46:19 -0800

Where can I find this group policy editor?

>-----Original Message-----
>If you mean the Guest account was renamed, then you need
to use the
>Group Policy editor to rename it back to Guest. Or you
can find the Bill
>account on the User Accounts control panel and rename it
back to
>"Guest". If you aren't sure what the original account
name was (Guest or
>Owner or whatever), logon to "Bill" and enter %
userprofile% in Windows
>Explorer. The path will show the original name of the
account.
>
>--
>Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
>(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
>
>
>"Pat" <plaman@neo.rr.com> wrote in
>message news:053101c2b07d$6f120e10
$d3f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA10...
>
>> My guest user account has a Bill (my friends name) on
the
>> guest username, how do I change it from bill to
something
>> else?
>
>.
>

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